Dispenser



March 21, 1933- H. A. WOLF DISPENSER Filed Dec. 5, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l WMM Patented Mar. 21, 1933 UNITED STATES ,PATENT `fol-inizi-J. f1

HOWARD A. WOLE, 'OE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA', AssIGNOE To WOLF l BROTIIEEsOFrHILALELPHIA, rEnNsYLvAnA, A OOPARTNERSHIP oonsIs'rINe- OE Y BENJAMIN WOLE, LOUIS WOLF, ALBERT WOLE, HOWARD AWOLE, .AND ELIAS wom;`

Y nIsrENsER Application sled December 5i, 192e. ysemi-No. 411,723.

This invention relates to a dispenser `particularly adapted for the dispensing of flatv paper drinking cups or the like.

Heretofore it has beeny customary to use metallic containers for the dispensing of fiat paper drinking cups, the containers having sloping bottoms and being provided with openings through which thedrinking cups may -be .withdrawn one at a time by a user. Containers of this type are of relatively eX- pensive construction and Vfurthermore their charging with loose paper cups is a matter of diiiculty I' It is the object of the present invention t0 provide a pasteboard container for'thecups which may be used asa'dispenser and which mayV also be used to facilitate charging of the more elaborate metal dispensers.

Detailed objects of the invention and advantages thereof will be apparent from the following description read in conjunctionV Fig. 6 is a perspective view illustrating an-v other mode of attachment of the pasteboard container to a wall when used as a dispenser.

Referring rst to Fig. 4, which illustrates the blank from which its construction will be clear, it will be seen that the blank consists of a front wall 2, side walls 4 and 6 and a rear wall 8 to which a fiat tab 10 carried by the rear end of the side wall 4 may be secured by adhesive. Attached to the vupper ends of front wall 2 and rear Wall 8, respectively, are the underlying tabs 12 and 14. Arranged to be secured above these walls are the tabs 16 and 18 carried by the side walls, ears on the tab 16 being arranged to engagewithin From the. blank 'it win iinished. container will 4have Vthe vform illus'- tom will'` slopedownwardly toward the lower vdispenser is adapted to receive cups 54 Vof the usual -trapezoidal form` corresponding to the crosssectionof the dispenser. W'hen the `dis-v `penser' is adapted tofunction as such, the

away portions 45 of the tabs 24 and 26 permit formed for the top of thedispenser.

A tab 22 ,is secured to the-bottom of the rear Wall 8. lThis tab, intheynished package, is covered by tab 24 carried bythe bot- `tom of .the side wall 6, which in turn is overlapped bythe tab 2.6 lcarried by the bottom of the side wall 4, Aa slot 28 in tab 24 being engaged by an ear 30 on tab l'26. Y

`A tab 32 formedasa continuation ofthe frontwall 2`andbeing demarcated therefrom by a line of perforations 34 is provided with Scored lines 36 whereby it may be folded under lthe dispenser, an ear 38 formedV thereon being receivable withina slot 40 carried by the tab 26.l f

It will be noted thatthe various walls and tabs are dierentiated from each other by scored lines which permit ready folding.

The vertical scoredlines 42 and44 are pro'- '70 trated in Fig. v1, that is,in any/ vertical position the topl will be horizontal while the botendof the front wall2.

' From Figs. 2 and 3 it will be seen that the horizontal cross section is .trapezoidal. The

tab 32 is torn from the bottom of front wall 2 along the perforated line V34.v The out# 'slots 20 inthe 18. lThus there a closure. f

anser toinsert his finger withinA the bottom of y the container to withdraw al cup through the vopening formed bythe removal of the tab V32. Inaslnuch as the opening is just large enough to permit thepassage of the shorter closedend of. the cup outwardly `therethrough, the cups'willvbe prevented from 'slippingiouh when removal is'not desired,

by the enlarged open ends thereof.- `In other words, to withdraw a cup itis necessary to exert sufficient force to cause a distortion of the upper open end sufficient to permit that end to pass outwardly from the dispenser.

In order to permit the described container to be used satisfactorily as a dispenser, it must be mounted upon a vertical wall or the like. A preferred form of mounting is illus-I trated in Fig. l. y

Openings 46 are provided in the various parts of the bottom tabs'adjacent the rear wall to permit the insertion of the upright prongs 48 of the bent-wire hook 50 which is provided with eyes, as illustrated, through which screws may pass to secure it to a wall.,A The upright members 48 securely hold the dispenser in an upright position tightly against the wall, ready replacements'being effected by vertical removal of the exhausted distype of metal dispenser illustrated at 56'in Fig. 5. This container is provided with an open bottom through which a linger of the user may be inserted and a 'horizontal slit 5,8 in the front through which a cup may be withdrawn. In using the container in a device of this character, the closed container may be dropped within the metal dispenser. The tabs 22, 24, 26 and 32 may then be torn from the container so as to open lits entire lower end. The container can then be vertically withdrawn from the dispenser, leaving the cups inproperposition. A second container loaded with cups may be dropped upon Vthe charge of cups in the container to act as a Weight forcing them down and alsoy to provide the re-fill as soonas the first charge is exhausted.

What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent; is:

l. A container for paper cups'consisting of f abox formed from a blank of sheet material,

joined to the side walls and partially closing the bottom of the box, and a third Hap carried by the front wall, defined therefrom by a line of perforations, and releasably held rearwardlyover the other flaps.

3. A container for paper cups consisting of a box formed from a blank of sheet material, said box having a downwardly and forwardly sloping bottom and'upright front, back and side walls, a plurality of interengaging flaps joined to the side walls'and partially closing the bottom of the box, said iiaps being out away adjacent the front wall, and a third flap carried by the front wall and defined Vtherefrom by a line of perforations, and extending rearwardly and vengaging one of the aforementioned iiaps.

4. A container for paper cups consisting of a box formed from a blank of sh'eet material,

said box having a downwardly and forwardly sloping bottom and upright front, back and side walls, a plurality 'of interengaging flaps joined to the side walls and partially closing the bottom of the box,said iiaps being cut yaway adjacent vthe front wall, and a third iap carried by thefront wall, deiined'therefrom by a line of perforations, and releasably held rearwardly over the other iiaps;

In testimony of which invention, I have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on this 2nd day of December, 1929.

I HOWARD A. WOLF.

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,said box having a downwardly and forwardly sloping bottom and upright front, back and side Walls, a plurality vof interengaging flaps joined to the side walls and partially closing the bottom of the box, and a third flap carried by the front wall-'and defined therefrom by a line of perforations, and extending rearwardly and engaging one of the aforementioned flaps.

2. A container for paper cups consisting of a, box formed from a blank of sheet material,

said box having a downwardly and forwardly sloping bottom and upright front, back and side Walls, a plurality of interengaging flaps 

